Has anyone ever seen the one click unlock or the unlock codes to get this phone to use another companys sim card... Ive checked all over and cannot fund anthing please let me know
Which company that uses the same frequencies that Verizon does were you hoping to use your phone on?
I've never heard of a Verizon phone that you could unlock... Well, except maybe their quad-band "world phones". I've had Verizon for years and this is the first with a sim card. I'm not sure, but I think the sim is just for access to their lte "4g" network, wich is of course probably just different enough from atts lte to not be interchangeable there either.
The sim card gives access to the network in general. Without the Revo is useless. I tried to take out my sim to save battery and not use my 4G radio before I relieve I could turn it off. Also, for OP I don't think there is a way because of how the phone works. Then again, I'm not a dev so I could be completely wrong.
the sim card in the revo is just for the lte access and is phone dependent it will fry its self if put in a different phone. also just a quick side note i guess verizon is moving to sim cards too (from what i heard from an associate on the phone the other day).
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Yes. The SIM card cannot be unlocked and this phone will never be able to be used on a different carrier.
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hey guys, my friend bought me a diamond in canada which works on CDMA network, and where i live there is only GSM network...
is it possible to unlock it somehow?
if anyone knows please help me.
thanks.
Nope, not a snowball's chance in hell. CDMA phones don't use SIM cards, nor will they ever support the insertion of a SIM card, so it'd be useless on your network. Sorry.
Black93300ZX said:
Nope, not a snowball's chance in hell. CDMA phones don't use SIM cards, nor will they ever support the insertion of a SIM card, so it'd be useless on your network. Sorry.
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You are partly wrong on this about not using SIM card at all. Yes, CDMA phone will never work on GSM unless, there's also a slot on the CDMA phone for SIM card, like some of those international phone sell by Verizon and sprint awhile ago. Now, there are some CDMA phone that are selling in China that actually use something similar to SIM card, called USIM. Hell, even the KDDI au from Japan use SIM card, and they are CDMA network too...
thank you guys that was helpfull
i had unlock my nexus one and rooted it...now i wanted to know does this unlock mean like using different carriers too can i if so how??????
xghostyxjokerx said:
i had unlock my nexus one and rooted it...now i wanted to know does this unlock mean like using different carriers too can i if so how??????
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the phone is SIM unlocked; you can use on any GSM carrier.
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okay im talking about the bootloader which i had to unlock then i rooted the phone now with cyanogen mod mix rom....so i have this tracphone with a sim card but seems to be a prepaid phone of some sort now when i put in the sim card to the nexus one it does not even read it??? is it due to a prepaid sim card or can i really use other carrier sims card but with plans and such.... please help! thanks!!!
xghostyxjokerx said:
okay im talking about the bootloader which i had to unlock then i rooted the phone now with cyanogen mod mix rom....so i have this tracphone with a sim card but seems to be a prepaid phone of some sort now when i put in the sim card to the nexus one it does not even read it??? is it due to a prepaid sim card or can i really use other carrier sims card but with plans and such.... please help! thanks!!!
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I'm almost positive that you should be able to pop in any sim card, pre- or post-paid, and it should work...
i just tested it with a nextel chip with a plan but no data service and i still get no bars??? i will try to put up some pics....please help if ya can...thanks
As far as I know Nextel doesn't use GSM networks it has it's own iDEN network, I don't know what the difference is, or if it should work with a GSM receiver but I can't say I'm surprised it doesn't work. Also from what I've heard, the phone has only received FCC certifications on T-Mob and AT&T for the phone you have, Verizon passed separately. Again, don't know if this helps, but I'm not shocked it doesn't work. Your phone is carrier unlocked, it came that way from HTC and unlocking the bootloader has nothing to do with which carriers it will work with.
no all i did was i bought it on a tmobile network through google then i had unlock the bootloader then rooted the phone now is there a way to use differ carriers??? i did not buy it unlocked......from google.....so is there a way ?
xghostyxjokerx said:
no all i did was i bought it on a tmobile network through google then i had unlock the bootloader then rooted the phone now is there a way to use differ carriers??? i did not buy it unlocked......from google.....so is there a way ?
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Dude... your question is moot! The phone, even if bought on a T-mobile line, IS NOT LOCKED TO ANY SPECIFIC CARRIER! You can pop in ANY GSM SIM CARD, and it will work. I bought mine on a T-mobile upgrade... but I can throw in an AT&T, Rogers, Fido, Vodaphone, etc., SIM, and it will work just fine.
o okay will try it out with att thanks...
Is it possible to hack an American Captivate to use European SIM cards? Specifically a prepaid card from Poland.
My wife is planning a trip there and was curious if she could avoid toting around both a cheapo prepaid phone, for the phone function, and her Captivate, for everything else. Her phone already has CM7 on it, but could be changed if needed.
solarpowered said:
Is it possible to hack an American Captivate to use European SIM cards? Specifically a prepaid card from Poland.
My wife is planning a trip there and was curious if she could avoid toting around both a cheapo prepaid phone, for the phone function, and her Captivate, for everything else. Her phone already has CM7 on it, but could be changed if needed.
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Unlock it. It's a one time thing. Then you can use any sim card in it. SGS Unlocker from the market should work. I've never used CM, but unlocked mine while on Cognition 4.5.3
I am using one in India, I hope u can also use one there.
solarpowered said:
Is it possible to hack an American Captivate to use European SIM cards? Specifically a prepaid card from Poland.
My wife is planning a trip there and was curious if she could avoid toting around both a cheapo prepaid phone, for the phone function, and her Captivate, for everything else. Her phone already has CM7 on it, but could be changed if needed.
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just search some pages and u can unlock ur cappy urself..i got it from canada 6 months back to india..and unlocked it myself..
its not a hard process...and then check another service provider's sim card to check if the process was successful or not...
Root
Download galaxy s unlock from the market
Run it
Enter this code in your dialer:
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If it says all the locks are off then you're unlocked
I'm heading to the UK at the end of the month. I'll be in both England & Wales. I've used Galaxy_S Unlock from the market successfully... Now my question is: which SIM to buy? I've (obv) never done this before, & there are apparently a plethora of choices. Is the Captivate limited to a specific UK carrier?
*Edit - also, will I need to use a specific carrier's SIM to get 3G? Or will I be able to get 3G at all?
That all depends on what bandwidths the carrier use. You should be able to at least connect to a network with any Sim. But I believe 3g requires 850 and 1900 mhz bands. Which is why you can't get 3g on Tmobile even in the states.
OK, so I need to find out if there's a UK carrier that uses those bands. I need both, correct?
Either one would work, but both is recommended.
If it only has one and the signal gets weak and it tries to hand off to the other you'll lose 3g until you get into a better area.
Hey guys,
I was unlocking my Droid 3 (got code from Verizon) for when I go to Poland this weekend. I put in an old prepaid sim card I had from my last trip to unlock it, and somehow I have 3g etc? My verizon sim is not even in the phone. How is that possible?
Fourstarzzzz said:
Hey guys,
I was unlocking my Droid 3 (got code from Verizon) for when I go to Poland this weekend. I put in an old prepaid sim card I had from my last trip to unlock it, and somehow I have 3g etc? My verizon sim is not even in the phone. How is that possible?
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Verizon does not use the SIM to their own network - the phone connects using CDMA, which doesn't use SIM cards. The SIM is used to connect using GSM networks when CDMA networks (either Verizon or one that they have a roaming agreement with) are not available, or if you change the mobile network to GSM.
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Verizon does not use the SIM to their own network - the phone connects using CDMA, which doesn't use SIM cards. The SIM is used to connect using GSM networks when CDMA networks (either Verizon or one that they have a roaming agreement with) are not available, or if you change the mobile network to GSM.
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That is strange...so the verizon sim in there is just for global roaming?
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That is strange...so the verizon sim in there is just for global roaming?
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That's right. I think, but I'm not 100% sure, that you can store contacts there, if you wish, as well.
Stupid question, did you switch it to GSM?
hi, sorta of non related but, i'm looking to buy a D3 to use here on GSM networks, the frequencies matches those i'll be using here.
but about the unlock codes, are those sold online working, or there are still some units that no code works? i was reading thru some topics about that and i'm worried....
thanks!
rpadula said:
hi, sorta of non related but, i'm looking to buy a D3 to use here on GSM networks, the frequencies matches those i'll be using here.
but about the unlock codes, are those sold online working, or there are still some units that no code works? i was reading thru some topics about that and i'm worried....
thanks!
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Use unlock4moto.com if you do. Some are but I haven't seen many reports lately.
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Use unlock4moto.com if you do. Some are but I haven't seen many reports lately.
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I just used them a couple of weeks ago and the unlock code they sent me was perfect.
I think that the only issue would be if somebody had tried to unlock successfully - if you enter an incorrect code enough times, the phone will no longer allow you to unlock. The cost at unlock4moto.com was very reasonable, though ($6 US, IIRC).
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I just used them a couple of weeks ago and the unlock code they sent me was perfect.
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Yup, I can confirm that - unlocked mine about 1 month ago. Worked first time - now using a Verizon Droid3 in Ireland with HSPA on 3
Note. some edits are recommended for best experience on GSM - see hashcode's gsm thread.
I have been with Sprint since 1999 and have absolutely no idea about SIM cards and other carriers so hopefully you can help clarify a few things that are running through my head with the Sprint HTC One.
1. Will unlocking the SIM for domestic US use cause any problems with using the phone on Sprint?
2. If I remove the SIM card does that basically disconnect Sprint service?
3. I am assuming that if I wanted to test out a different service say from T-Mobile ($30 Walmart plan), or any other subcarrier, after the phone is SIM Unlocked I would just get one of their SIM Cards and place it in the phone and do some activation stuff and in theory that should work. If that is the case would this cause issues at all with Sprint service?
4. Would I be able to swap out a SIM card from AT&T (or any other company) to test it out and if I decided I did not like the service I could just slip my original Sprint SIM card back in and it would be like nothing happened?
Thanks!
What you are asking is near impossible or much harder than you think. Unlocking the Sprint HTC one SIM lock will allow you to use another SIM card but the data is not going to work on anything but edge service. It also depends on what Rom you're running. Sense Roms will work with other carriers but cm, aosp, or anything other than sense will not scan for networks. Basically what you're asking is not worth the time and effort starting with a Sprint phone.
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What you are asking is near impossible or much harder than you think. Unlocking the Sprint HTC one SIM lock will allow you to use another SIM card but the data is not going to work on anything but edge service. It also depends on what Rom you're running. Sense Roms will work with other carriers but cm, aosp, or anything other than sense will not scan for networks. Basically what you're asking is not worth the time and effort starting with a Sprint phone.
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Gotcha, thanks. If you buy a Sprint phone you are stuck with Sprint.
Well not exactly stuck with Sprint. You can program a Sprint phone to work with page plus and have 3G data working flawlessly. It's mostly trying to use the Sprint phone on a different gsm network.
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